Every Deep-Drawn Breath - A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming

"In this rich blend of science, medical history, profoundly humane patient stories, and personal reflection, Dr. Wes Ely describes his mission to prevent ICU patients from being harmed by the technology that is keeping them alive. Readers will experience the world of critical care through the eyes of a physician who drastically changed his clinical practice to offer person-centered health care and through cutting-edge research convinced others to do the same."--

About the author

E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, is an internist, pulmonologist, and critical care physician. Dr. Ely earned his MD at Tulane University School of Medicine, in conjunction with a Masters in Public Health. He serves as the Grant W. Liddle endowed chair in medicine and is a physician-scientist and tenured professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also the associate director of aging research for the Tennessee Valley Veteran’s Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC). He is the founder and codirector of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, an organization devoted to research and ongoing care for people affected by critical illness. Dr. Ely has had numerous studies published in The New England Journal, JAMA, and The Lancet, and his writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, StatNews, The Daily Beast, and numerous other publications. He lives in Nashville.

Product details

• Authors: Wes Ely, Wes Ely
• Publisher: Scribner USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2022
• EAN: 9781982171162
• ISBN: 978-1-982171-16-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Clinical & internal medicine, Accident & emergency medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Clinical and internal medicine, Accident and emergency medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)